ward
IPA: wˈɔrd
noun
- (archaic or obsolete) A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman.
- Protection, defence.
- The action of a watchman; monitoring, surveillance (usually in phrases keep ward etc.)
- Guardianship, especially of a child or prisoner.
- (fantasy) An enchantment or spell placed over a designated area or social unit, that prevents any tresspasser from entering; approaching; or even being able to locate said protected premises or demographic.
- (fencing) A guarding or defensive motion or position.
- (historical, Scots law) Land tenure through military service.
- (obsolete) A guard or watchman; now replaced by warden.
- A protected place, and by extension, a type of subdivision.
- An area of a castle, corresponding to a circuit of the walls.
- A section or subdivision of a prison.
- An administrative division of a borough, city or council.
- (UK) A division of a forest.
- (Mormonism) A subdivision of the LDS Church, smaller than and part of a stake, but larger than a branch.
- A part of a hospital, with beds, where patients reside.
- A person under guardianship.
- A minor looked after by a guardian.
- (obsolete) An underage orphan.
- An object used for guarding.
- The ridges on the inside of a lock, or the incisions on a key.
- (countable) An English surname originating as an occupation for a guard or watchman.
- (countable) An English male given name
- A placename
- A parish of Castleknock, Fingal, Ireland
- A small town in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand, named after Joseph Ward.
- A locale in the United States:
- A city in Lonoke County, Arkansas.
- A town in Allegany County, New York.
- A town in Saluda County, South Carolina.
- A town in Moody County, South Dakota.
- Ellipsis of Ward River.; A river in Ireland
- Ellipsis of Ward Beach.; A coastline in Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand
- Ellipsis of Ward County. [One of 53 counties in North Dakota, United States. County seat: Minot. Named after Mark Ward.]
- Ellipsis of Ward Township.
- Clipping of Edward.; A corruption of the name Edward [A male given name from Old English.]
- Clipping of Howard. [A surname originating as a patronymic.]
verb
- (transitive) To keep in safety, to watch over, to guard.
- (transitive) To defend, to protect.
- (transitive) To fend off, to repel, to turn aside, as anything mischievous that approaches. (usually followed by off)
- (intransitive) To be vigilant; to keep guard.
- (intransitive) To act on the defensive with a weapon.
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Examples of "ward" in Sentences
- If a ward is failing then the inspector is held accountable and moved on.
- She honestly does not know where all of her ward is at or at least the last time I talked to her she didn't.
- When I was at Oxford, each one of us had responsibility for three or four families in our congregation, which we call a ward.
- The ward is packed with lovable eccentrics who either learn a life lesson from our hero or teach him one, especially Zach Galifianakis.
- HERE COME THE REPUBLICANS -- Tim Craig profiles the four Republican challenges in ward council races, focusing on Dave Hedgepeth's run again Ward 3 incumbent Mary Cheh.
- In explaining the term ward heeler, you described a heeler as “derived from a dog that a master brings to heel,” used to describe “a minor politician who slavishly followed his ward leader.”
- After taxpayer outrage and attention about how $20,000 in ward funds (taxpayer dollars) were going to be to given away for free coats for "families in need" in Ward 2 and Ward 7, the Aurora City Council was faced with its first test of 2010 to see how serious they are about stopping their addiction to spending and wasting taxdollars.
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